Habitats and environmental pressures shape a variety of animal morphologies and behaviors over vast evolutionary time scales. These environmental pressures can sometimes produce nearly identical traits, even in completely unrelated lineages. This phenomenon, called convergent evolution, results in modern species that appear very similar despite … Continue reading
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Journal Club: Analysis of bony fishes suggests convergent evolution is more prevalent than previously thought
Categories: Ecology | Evolution | Journal Club | Statistics
Tagged bony fishes, convergent evolution, habitat, phenotypes, speciation, species
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Journal Club: Fruit fly hybrids make poor foragers, offering insight into how species remain distinct
When one fruit fly species meets another, they sometimes interbreed. And yet despite this genetic mixing, distinct species still persist—over 2,000 of them. Evolutionary biologist Daniel Matute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of … Continue reading
Categories: Ecology | Evolution | Genetics | Journal Club | Uncategorized
Tagged behavior, drosophila, evolution, fruit fly, hybrid, speciation, species
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